The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 1949: Chapter 1894–1895: Strike at the Heart, Kill One to Warn a Hundred_2

Other things can be dismissed, but a heavyweight like the sixth-generation battleship, the true owners can only be the top immortal sects, and even these top sects have an idea of how many they have.

In this situation, with Sky Mechanism Pavilion’s intelligence capabilities, it can easily analyze and judge that the sixth-generation battleship obtained by the Heterodox Alliance came from the Shenxiao Sect.

Of course, part of the reason is that the Shenxiao Sect itself didn’t deliberately defend against this. After Pang Hong and Yu Zhenzi discussed it, they felt there was no need to hide it and even deliberately leaked this information to demonstrate their stance to the outside world.

If not for this, even with many channels, it would not have been easy for Sky Mechanism Pavilion to confirm quickly. One must know that before the Shenxiao Sect deliberately leaked the information, the handover of the sixth-generation battleship was silent, with no party noticing.

“What does the Shenxiao Sect want to do?” Mahasthamaprapta furrowed his brow, pondering in his heart.

Though Buddhism has long coveted the authority over the Nether Yin Department, constantly trying to seize it, Buddhism has never thought to destabilize Fengdu Emperor’s position as the ruler, at least not now.

It can be said that there is actually no direct conflict between the two sides, even if there are some disputes between Buddhism and the Taoist School, this is very normal and should not lead the Shenxiao Sect to target them deliberately.

One should know that during the rise of the Shenxiao Sect over the years, Buddhism has repeatedly avoided their edge while expanding into the Realms of Heavenly Seas.

Now, the Shenxiao Sect’s actions are clearly to add chaos to Buddhism, doing so openly without any concealment, leaving Mahasthamaprapta puzzled as to why the other party is so eager to intervene.

Not only him, but many forces are also puzzled by the Shenxiao Sect’s blatant sale of sixth-generation battleships. Are they so impatient to intervene?

While selling the technology for complete sixth-generation battleships can be understood, directly selling complete battleships is like adding fuel to the fire, showing a stance targeting Buddhism, isn’t it?

Most importantly, since they directly indicated their eagerness to intervene against Buddhism, yet continued to sell complete sixth-generation battleships, weakening their own combat power, what sense does that make? Does the Shenxiao Sect believe they can win without the sixth-generation battleships based on their strength alone?

All sides are full of doubts, not knowing what the Shenxiao Sect intends, yet no one dares to ignore it.

“Isn’t it because we are involved with the Jade Emperor’s side?” an Arhat Venerate tentatively voiced their speculation.

Indeed, there are no major grievances between Buddhism and the Shenxiao Sect. Even when there were minor disputes, the Shenxiao Sect often gained the upper hand, and those disputes are not worth such an eager intervention from them.

Yet, just because there are no grievances between them, it does not mean that the Shenxiao Sect and the Jade Emperor’s side have no grievances, which have a long history.

So, did their cooperation with the Jade Emperor’s side this time provoke the Shenxiao Sect’s dissatisfaction, causing them to respond directly and target them?

“It’s very possible!” an Arhat Venerate agreed.

Upon hearing this response, Mahasthamaprapta frowned and did not continue to say anything, nor was there a need to say anything.

The cooperation with the Jade Emperor is now a settled matter. Regardless of the Jade Emperor’s tactics, there is a shared interest in dealing with the Heterodox Alliance that cannot be easily severed.

More importantly, although the Shenxiao Sect is indeed an overlord in the world, Buddhism is also an overlord in this world. They have the freedom to cooperate with any force. Surely, because of the Shenxiao Sect’s dissatisfaction, they wouldn’t carelessly abandon their allies. If this spreads, how would Buddhism establish itself in the world?

Even if they choose to part ways with the Jade Emperor, what if the Shenxiao Sect still does not appreciate it? What about Buddhism’s dignity?

However, considering Buddhism’s current situation, they cannot arbitrarily start a war, at least not before completely suppressing the Heterodox Alliance, especially with a top immortal sect like the Shenxiao Sect, even Mahasthamaprapta, who advocates an aggressive stance in Buddhism, thinks so.

Mahasthamaprapta temporarily set this matter aside and turned his attention to the various matters of subduing internal chaos.

On one side, urging the dispatched strong figures to speed up the assault on the Smoke and Mist Sacred Land’s tri-sect domain, on the other, accelerating the encirclement and annihilation of a branch of the Heterodox Alliance, while also beginning to mobilize resources to forge new sixth-generation battleships.

Mahasthamaprapta knows the current situation is just the beginning, and more battles may occur next, requiring more sixth-generation battleships to maintain combat strength.

Even if these sixth-generation battleships aren’t used temporarily, using them to deter various forces to prevent rash actions is also a good choice.

The entire Buddhist sect rapidly mobilized following Mahasthamaprapta’s decree, and the strong figures sent out began to accelerate their plans.

For this attack on the residences of the Smoke and Mist Sacred Land, Golden Dawn Holy Land, and Xiyue Cave Heaven’s tri-sect, Mahasthamaprapta proposed a request that these Arhat Venerates must suppress with thunderous momentum. Even if it is impossible to completely destroy these tri-sects, it is essential to strike their living forces as much as possible so they can no longer pose any threat to Buddhism.

Similarly, this operation is also a demonstration and a warning. He knows that with the Heterodox Alliance stirring up chaos within Buddhist borders for so long, and Buddhism unable to quickly suppress it, has shown some weakness. It might stir up greed in some immortal sects. The tri-sects of Smoke and Mist Sacred Land aren’t the only forces, they were just the first to take action.

If a strong counterattack is needed, then it must be clean and decisive, making all sides understand that Buddhism’s previous lapse was only momentary inattentiveness, not actual weakness. A firm posture is needed to deter the restless immortal sects and prevent them from making rash moves.

Even if Buddhism is the overlord of the world, too many ants can bite an elephant to death. If they can’t deter all immortal sects, leading them to continuously attack Buddhism out of greed, it would be a big trouble for Buddhism.

Even though Buddhism’s strength does not fear them, this would undoubtedly weaken Buddhism’s power, putting it at a constant disadvantage, consuming its combat force, and giving others an opportunity to exploit.

On this day, more than a dozen Arhat Venerates, alongside Guardian Demon Gods, manned a formidable fleet of sixth-generation battleships, arriving outside Smoke and Mist Sacred Land, launching an attack on the worlds under its control.

Unexpectedly, the Buddhist assault was not as strong as it appeared, using only less than a third of its power.

This is Buddhism’s fishing strategy, planning to draw in reinforcements, using the pretext of besieging Smoke and Mist Sacred Land to attract Golden Dawn Holy Land and Xiyue Cave Heaven’s tri-sects to come aid, and even lure back the fleet that was stirring up trouble within Buddhist borders.

For Buddhism, even if its own forces hold the advantage, its territory is too vast to garrison every world, making it unwise to adopt a defensive posture, which does not favor Buddhism leveraging its strengths.

Buddhism does not wish to engage in battle in any of its worlds because, even if victorious, it would still harm its interests.

Therefore, the strong figures in Buddhism chose to encircle a region and strike reinforcements, directly seeking a final battle with the tri-sects, to settle victory and defeat in one fell swoop.